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To those who have never played it, try MI3: The Curse of Monkey Island or MI4: Escape from Monkey Island.

This is "Tales of Monkey Island" It's a new one recently released. The plot is quite good. Telltale might some bad game designers, but they have amazing script writers, video producers, sound editors, and all other artists. I play more as watching a movie in bed than as a game. You can play entirely by mouse, so I can just lay down, put the screen on the TV, and use a wireless mouse. One chapter is inside a whale. One chapter is in court. One chapter is in hell (yeah, you die). Le'Chuck is now Guybrush's best friend. The villain is a mad French scientist (who is not French). And a lot more about the Voodoo lady is revealed... I'm not going to spoil.

I think the best to start Monkey island is with the special edition of the first one. The special edition was released recently and is just the old version with new sound and graphics (it's on Steam).

Special animations after credit and an evil skull making fun of programmers without their concern (it was not on the script). I laughed when he asked a worker to leave the company haha. That was the first time I enjoyed watching the credits of a game.

The Eagle would not (and should not) lead to a lawsuit. Have you played Torchlight II? Everything on it reminds me of Diablo. Every detail like putting gems on the weapons, portals (both in the ground and through scrolls), the caves, it's so identical.

Still, I'm not a big fan of IP laws. I think our world would be much better if everyone could edit everyone's work. Image if hollywood movies were free to edit. Everyone had access to the footage and could edit the movie. Then, in the end they release on cinema a combination of everyone's edition.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go

RODRIGO SHUT UP AND LISTEN THIS IS IMPORANT IN THE WORLD OF TROLLING!!!

Alright so heres teh plan, We make a search engine that tracks Facebook fights, using a list of hateful slang, For example Fuk yu nigga, They all need to be phrases, And then we put another filter that makes sure they type over so many words,

Then we had ANOTHER filter that only finds the accounts we can post into.

So what this will do is allow us to search for People who are fighting over facebook and then jump in and troll them... think about how revolutionary this would be.

This is not a bad idea lol. It's almost as good as my "cinema trolling" where you get the phone number in your movie ticket, and everything you text to that number shows up in the big screen (for trolling movies).

The problem with this idea is "we make a search engine." Not today.

@QueenGambit: Go

Thanks, but I'm not giving much hope to this project. It's just a class project after all. So, the source code is free.

I just published the source code. The Engine library can be used to quickly develop any multiuser application. It kinda implements everything for you (like SC2, it implements the chatroom, the multiplayer connections, the list of opened rooms, etc. The only thing left is the actions, which can be compared to the maps).

I wish I had it more neat, more organized, and easier to use. But, I kinda had to rush to finish the app in only a couple months, so I didn't have much time to refactor. I might improve it later if I feel it's worth investing on it.

Source-code: https://github.com/alvesrod/tableproject

I also added Scrabble.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go

i gots a screen cap if you want me to pm it. trolol.

Send it to me :D

Now I'm curious to see the post that caused Dogmai's ban.

Can someone link it to me?

Was something like "I don't like you, you are mean!" "Yeah, I don't like you either!" "Go away!" "No, you go away!" BAN?

Thank you guys. I got an answer, although it sucks.

It seems that no matter how further we go here, we will all in the end reach the same answer:

"It's important because we were programmed to do so."

It is how our brain was developed. And even if we assume we have a soul, the answer would be the same: "It was programmed to do so." In the end, it comes down to laws of nature. I guess we are robots. And even if we have souls, our souls are just robots following unknown laws of physics. I hope I'm wrong because it sucks to be a robot.

6:45am and this existential anxiety doesn't let me sleep.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go

because your depressed, and hate your own life. :P

wrong. To question why something is important does not mean I don't find it important. I just want to know why.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go

Happiness is related to endorphins in the brain. This is part of the reward positive feedback response as opposed to pain which is the negative. As michaelknives stated it is hardwired into our physiology to seek pleasure as it is the "carrot vs stick" reward for us doing something our instincts say is right such as procreation. By not forfilling such needs like eating our body punishes us by making us feel discomfort like sadness, pain or lonliness to encourage us to seek pleasure.

Okay, and why is that important? If you say because it is what "motivates us to be alive," then I ask why is even life so important?

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Isn't it just something chemical?

The body is only producing some molecules if it thinks it has everything it needs and the brain confirms this after evaluating the near future. The molecules are also activating the reward system to urge you to try to maintain and/or regain this state of security.

It isn't important, your body just tricks the brain to valuate it highly for improved reproduction and survival chances.

Then life is meaningless, it sucks, and my mind is just a slave of my brain. I like to see my mind as more than just a bunch of chemicals together.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go

But that's the point. Even if you're only looking for short-term 'joy', that is your daily occupation. I.e. every day you're seeking happiness. You just don't call it that way because you don't very much think long-term, but in the end you go through the same motions as the guy who has his future secured. You can't 'not look for happiness'. You'll get depressed and your own very body will start telling you to change stuff until you find some source of happiness again. 'Not looking for happiness' is the same as 'Not doing anything'. It can't be done. No one can spent even 5 minutes sitting on the sofa for no greater purpose without at least musing into interesting thoughts.

I see your point now. But, I still think that to look for a "goal" as you say or look for "joy" is not how you look for happiness. Let me say in other way: "Everyone WANTS happiness, but not everyone will work hard and change their own life habits to look for it."

You can still sit in your couch, get a beer and watch a movie to boost your joy and say that you're looking for happiness when in reality, you aren't.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go That is one sad pessimistic materialistic view man.

You are absolutely right in everything you said. But, you can know for sure that some people DO not try to achieve happiness because it's hard to find. They instead focus on temporary pleasures in life that would bring some quick joy. So, they live trying to maximize the moments of joy until they forget the difference between joy and happiness.

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So, love is important to survive (for individuals via stability of societies), it's its goal.

Your version of "love" is the most scientifically accurate, but it is still a way too materialistic for me. The most pure and unconditional of all loves has the solely purpose of making you happier. Let's just agree that we have different philosophies in life.

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But that's not happiness? That'd be consciousness, which isn't important per se, I think.

"going towards" I mean, pointing to that direction (meaning that the happiness concept is correlated with consciousness). Definitely not the same thing (but yes, more consciousness for me means that you can be more happy than a being with less consciousness. You "feel" more the happiness since you are aware of it. Just compare yourself awake and unconsciously dreaming. Was a dream the happiest moment in your life?).

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why would happiness NOT be important? It is the single most pleasant state of being you can find yourself in. Why would you ever not aim to achieve that state?

You might not be interested in the most pleasant state. For example, are you interested in the best job of the planet? If yes, then why aren't you going crazy for it? As the best job in the world, some people might find that happiness is not important because it is too hard to get and it's not worth to fight your whole life for something you think you are never gonna have it. You might have to change a lot of life habits to have it. So, it's better to just conform and make "happiness" something not important.

TL; DR: You might not aim to achieve happiness because it's too expensive and hard to find.

Importance = [Probability of having it] x Value

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Also, the emotion of love is only important to ensure the propagation of our species.

An evolutionary psychologist might agree with you. I don't because I think we are more than just monkeys with conscience following natural instincts.

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In life there will always be moments in which you will be unhappy... However, with time you will overcome the sadness.

To overcome sadness does not mean to be happy.

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Good luck with your quest for an answer.

Thank you, I still have no progress.

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@RodrigoAlves: Go Happiness is fleeting. Joy is everlasting.

Actually, it's exactly the opposite. Joy is the fleeting one. Still, they are both very distinct feelings.

To make it clear, when I talk about happiness, I'm mostly going towards definitions like authentic existence and self-actualization.